Death Among the Diamonds by Fliss Chester ~ a Review

by Donna Huber

The Honourable Cressida Fawcett is an independent woman in the 1920s. She enjoys a good time and saving family friends from interior design disasters. She also sees herself as something of an amateur sleuth. But when she travels to her friend's house party for fun, to salvage the drawing room curtains, and hopefully discover the missing diamonds, she's not counting on having to solve a murder, let alone two!

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Something in the Heir by Suzanne Enoch ~ a Review

by MK French

Emmeline and William Pershing had a marriage of convenience to fulfill rules for an inheritance, and it's worked out well for them even though William longed for more from Emmeline. When Emmeline's grandfather summons them for his birthday, William discovers that Emmeline lied about having children to live in their home. They find two orphans to be their children, and the chaos that results brings them closer together.

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Don't Judge a Book by Its Hover by Amy McNulty ~ an Audiobook Review

by Donna Huber

Nimue's grandmother announces her retirement just days before a big book expo. That's not a problem since the convention center is in Cauldron Cove and run by witches. They can have the expo set up with a mere swish of their wands. No, the problem is that her grandmother has appointed Nimue and her nemesis co-managers. How will they ever work together? When a famous author winds up dead they'll have no choice but to set aside their difference if they want to save the convention center.

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The Lost Girls of Willowbrook by Ellen Marie Wiseman ~ a Review

by Susan Roberts

"People still search the woods for remains of lost children." (p 1)

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The Witch and the Tsar by Olesya Salnikova Gilmore ~ a Review & Excerpt

by MK French

Yaga is a half goddess with magic, but heartbreak led her to live an isolated life in the forest. Her old friend Anastasia had married Tsar Ivan, and Anastasia's fate is tied to that of the Russian nation. Life in sixteenth-century Russia is unstable, and Ivan the Terrible is more volatile and tyrannical as Anastasia sickens. Yaga believes she's being poisoned, but Ivan is also being manipulated by darker forces.

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Dustborn by Erin Bowman ~ a Review

by Donna Huber

In a harsh post-apocalyptic world where water is a scarce commodity, clans and communities trust one another about as far as they can throw them. Yet, at times they are dependent on each other. There is a fabled Eden called the Verdant where water flows plentifully yet no one knows where it is - even with a map.

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Mother Daughter Traitor Spy by Susan Elia MacNeal ~ a Review

by Donna Huber

A youthful indiscretion costs Veronica her dream job and sees her black-balled in the New York publishing circle. With few options, she and her mother decide to move to California where her uncle has offered them his vacation bungalow in Santa Monica. Veronica gets a job as a typist and soon learns that her boss is an American Fascist with strong anti-Semitism and pro-Nazi Germany views. While Veronica is of German descent (her mother is German-American), she detests what Germany is doing. She won a prize in college for the newspaper story she wrote after going undercover at a pro-Nazi rally in New York City. Can she go undercover again to rout out the American fascist in Los Angeles?

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